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Business-First AI™
The Practitioner's Guide to Building AI Products That Actually Work
Most AI projects fail not because the technology doesn't work, but because teams start with a solution before they understand the problem. This book teaches a different approach.
Business-First AI™
Vikrant Chauhan
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Who It's For
Business Analysts
Who want to lead — not just support — AI transformation.
Product Managers
Who need to evaluate AI opportunities and write requirements that actually ship.
Product Leaders
Who need a framework for deciding which AI bets to make.
Founders & CTOs
Who are tired of AI projects that consume budget without moving metrics.
What's Inside
- The 7D methodology — each stage explained with real-world case studies
- The 12 Principles of Business-First AI™ — the constraints that make the methodology work
- The 9-Layer AI Product Architecture — from data foundation to business outcome
- AI requirements frameworks — templates, scorecards, and acceptance criteria structures
- Practitioner tools — the exact documents used in client engagements
- Common failure patterns — 20 real AI project failures and the BA intervention that would have prevented each
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Read Business-First AI™ Weekly“I've spent six years watching AI projects fail for the same preventable reason. Business-First AI™ is the framework I wish had existed when I started. The book is a complete, practitioner-tested guide to never making that mistake again.”
Vikrant Chauhan
CBAP® · CCBA® · Creator, Business-First AI™
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